⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.

CVE-2016-10972 — Improper Privilege Management in Newspaper

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
63.1%
top 1.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
1
Tagdiv Newspaper
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDtagdiv/newspaper< 6.7.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jx5r-g6v9-338q: The newspaper theme before 6↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10972: The newspaper theme before 6↗2019-09-16
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VulnCheck
tagdiv newspaper Improper Privilege Management↗2016
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Nuclei
Newspaper Theme 6.4–6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation
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